Trouble after compacting database

[Danny830x]

I just compacted my database and hand histories for the first time after about 40k total hands. After the compact, no hand histories showed up in the ring game viewer. I went into the PT folder and clicked on the database, then the histories from Pokerstars began showing again. This is where most of my hand histories are from, but there are still a few from Full Tilt that are not showing up. (They were before the compact.) Is there any way to fix this? Or a way to undo the compact?

[APerfect10]

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[ptrack pat]

Are you using Vista on this PC? It sounds like it and that you haven't been running as administrator every time as you should be.

Close PT, go to the c:\program files\poker tracker v2 folder. Is there a file called ptrack_backup.mdb there? If so, rename the current ptrack.mdb file to ptrack_old.mdb then rename the backup file to ptrack.mdb and open PT as administrator (Vista should prompt you to cancel/allow every time) and see if you can see the data again.

[Danny830x]

There is no backup database, even though it said it created one when i compacted. When i close PT and open it again, the ring game file is empty. Then i have to go to the folder, click the database and it opens another instance of PT with all the stats in it. Also, PAHud isnt displaying stats now, I assume this is because of the database issue. Any idea how to fix this?

[Danny830x]

And yes im using vista, and it is run as admin. All my poker files are.

[ptrack pat]

Go to the c:\program files\poker tracker v2 folder. Click on the Compatibility Files link/button at the top of the window.

What are the files in this folder with MDB as the file extension? What are the names, sizes and date/times on them? If you were always running as admin, there should be no file in this folder.

[laddys]

I have the same problem. I compacted the database, because the program kept reminding me of it. I did it and when I opened the PT next time, all data was gone. Nothing. Is this what compacting means?? I followed the instructions in this thread, renamed the backup copy file to ptrack.mdb, but couldnt find a current ptrack file. So the backup is now the only one named ptrack.mdb in this folder and it is 328328kt. Other files are hhcopy.dtb and hhdb.mdb and pterrorlog. What can I do? What happened actually??

[ptrack pat]

I have the same problem. I compacted the database, because the program kept reminding me of it. I did it and when I opened the PT next time, all data was gone. Nothing. Is this what compacting means?? I followed the instructions in this thread, renamed the backup copy file to ptrack.mdb, but couldnt find a current ptrack file. So the backup is now the only one named ptrack.mdb in this folder and it is 328328kt. Other files are hhcopy.dtb and hhdb.mdb and pterrorlog. What can I do? What happened actually??

Are you seeing the data now again that you renamed that file?
Are you using Vista on this computer?